RE: [PCTECH] Email ghosting

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > The message sent from my yahoo account was sitting in
> > my sent box.

This is the scary part.  How do they manage to do that?  Doesn't this mean
that someone has access to the account itself?  I.e., logged on as Robin
Saunders, with the password?

db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / David Gibbs
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:36 AM
>
> Saunders, Robin wrote:
> > I have just had a strange experience, as I've just received 2
> emails, 1st
> > from my hotmail to my yahoo account and 2nd from my yahoo to
> the same yahoo
> > account. Unfortunately, I never sent these emails, so how does this
> > happened. The message sent from my yahoo account was sitting in
> my sent box.
> > Both emails looked auto generated with .cpl attachments
> > Do people need my yahoo password to do this?
>
> It's quite standard these days for worm viruses to send mail using
> spoofed email addresses.
>
> The .cpl attachment is simply the virus trying to replicate itself.
>
> Check out http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html for more
> information.
>
> david